Posts tagged with copyright
Johanna Blakley talks about the fashion world’s lack of copyright protections and discusses how the other art/creative mediums can learn from this.
FTA:
The digital economy bill is driven by incompetence, not malice. Ably assisted by a three-line whip. And what justified incompetence! The copyright situation in this country is utterly confusing. Parts of the bill that have solid commercial sense behind them, such as clause 43, interact with so many other laws and precedents that it will be impossible to find a solution to the orphan works problem without annoying some group of creators.
From the article:
“Buying a book or a piece of music should be regarded as a license to enjoy it on any platform. Sadly, the anachronistic conventions of bookselling and copyright law lag the technology.”
I think that’s what a lot of people have been trying to say for a while now. I guess it’ll never ‘make sense’ to the RIAA.
